Poems of Pilgrimage

Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)

A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerland.
The first poem is a tribute to Queen Victoria written in the week of her death. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Genre(s): Lyric

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 V. R. 1819-1901 A Reverie Alan Mapstone
00:01:43
Play 01 Genoa and the Mediterranean Alan Mapstone
00:01:58
Play 02 Shelley's Skylark Alan Mapstone
00:01:51
Play 03 In the Old Theatre, Fiesole Alan Mapstone
00:01:27
Play 04 Rome: On the Palatine Alan Mapstone
00:01:25
Play 05 Rome: Building a New Street in the Ancient Square Alan Mapstone
00:01:27
Play 06 Rome: The Vatican-Sala Delle Muse Alan Mapstone
00:02:18
Play 07 Rome: At the Pyramid of Cestius near the Graves of Shelley and Keats Alan Mapstone
00:01:45
Play 08 Lausanne: In Gibbon's Old Garden: 11-12 P.M. Alan Mapstone
00:01:49
Play 09 Zermatt: To the Matterhorn Alan Mapstone
00:01:26
Play 10 The Bridge of Lodi Alan Mapstone
00:03:46
Play 11 On an Invitation to the United States Alan Mapstone
00:01:26